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30.Dd January 26, 2010
31.Dt GSS_DELETE_SEC_CONTEXT 3 PRM
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm gss_delete_sec_context
35.Nd Discard a security context
36.\" This next command is for sections 2 and 3 only.
37.\" .Sh LIBRARY
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In "gssapi/gssapi.h"
40.Ft OM_uint32
41.Fo gss_delete_sec_context
42.Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
43.Fa "gss_ctx_id_t *context_handle"
44.Fa "gss_buffer_t output_token"
45.Fc
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47Delete a security context.
48.Fn gss_delete_sec_context
49will delete the local data structures associated with the specified
50security context,
51and may generate an output_token,
52which when passed to the peer
53.Fn gss_process_context_token
54will instruct it to do likewise.
55If no token is required by the mechanism,
56the GSS-API should set the length field of the output_token (if
57provided) to zero.
58No further security services may be obtained using the context
59specified by
60.Fa context_handle .
61.Pp
62In addition to deleting established security contexts,
63.Fn gss_delete_sec_context
64must also be able to delete "half-built" security contexts resulting
65from an incomplete sequence of
66.Fn gss_init_sec_context
67/
68.Fn gss_accept_sec_context
69calls.
70.Pp
71The
72.Fa output_token
73parameter is retained for compatibility with version 1 of the GSS-API.
74It is recommended that both peer applications invoke
75.Fn gss_delete_sec_context
76passing the value
77.Dv GSS_C_NO_BUFFER
78for the
79.Fa output_token
80parameter,
81indicating that no token is required,
82and that
83.Fn gss_delete_sec_context
84should simply delete local context data structures.
85If the application does pass a valid buffer to
86.Fn gss_delete_sec_context ,
87mechanisms are encouraged to return a zero-length token,
88indicating that no peer action is necessary,
89and that no token should be transferred by the application.
90.Sh PARAMETERS
91.Bl -tag -width ".It context_handle"
92.It minor_status
93Mechanism specific status code.
94.It context_handle
95Context handle identifying context to delete.
96After deleting the context,
97the GSS-API will set this context handle to
98.Dv GSS_C_NO_CONTEXT .
99.It output_token
100Token to be sent to remote application to instruct it to also delete
101the context.
102It is recommended that applications specify
103.Dv GSS_C_NO_BUFFER
104for this parameter,
105requesting local deletion only.
106If a buffer parameter is provided by the application,
107the mechanism may return a token in it;
108mechanisms that implement only local deletion should set the length
109field of this token to zero to indicate to the application that no
110token is to be sent to the peer.
111.El
112.Sh RETURN VALUES
113.Bl -tag -width ".It context_handle"
114.It GSS_S_COMPLETE
115Successful completion
116.It GSS_S_NO_CONTEXT
117No valid context was supplied
118.El
119.Sh SEE ALSO
120.Xr gss_accept_sec_context 3 ,
121.Xr gss_init_sec_context 3 ,
122.Xr gss_process_context_token 3
123.Sh STANDARDS
124.Bl -tag -width ".It RFC 2743"
125.It RFC 2743
126Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
127.It RFC 2744
128Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
129.El
130.Sh HISTORY
131The
132.Nm
133function first appeared in
134.Fx 7.0 .
135.Sh AUTHORS
136John Wray, Iris Associates
137.Sh COPYRIGHT
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